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Dan Bern — One Dance
Album: Fifty Eggs
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Released: 1998
Length: 4:50
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Because I love you
I get tongue tied around you
I never say smart stuff around you
I never say anything around you
That'll make you want to be with me
So, because I love you
I will never be with you

There's plenty other people
Who I always find the words for
That I have the sweet gift of gab for
That I'm magical and good for
Who because I do not love them
Always want to be with me

Everything I say is true
So there's nothing we can do
Then what the hell I'll say to you
Let me have one dance with you

I recognize the look
In my eyes when I see you
It's the look of one who loves you
Who wants nothing 'cept to be with you
It is not the look that often
Gets returned in kind

Same old tale, ain't nothing new
What the hell's a soul to do
But maybe you can help me through
Giving me one dance with you

One dance with you
One dance with you
One dance with you
One dance with you

Why do all the rules I make
'Bout how to act around other people
Like don't write them private notes
Trying to explain your foolish actions

Like not hanging around
For hours after it's obvious
That your presence ain't desired
Like names are not important

So if someone forgets your name
They're forgetting something intangible
That has nothing to do with you
So it's stupid to feel bad

If someone forgets your name
Why do all the rules I make
'Bout how to act around other people
Always fall by the wayside
When I get around you

There ain't no more carrot stew
That old sky ain't never blue
That's a lie but this is true
All I want's one dance with you

My bed's unmade, my stuff's askew
I ain't heard the dumbest clue
I just want to squeeze on through
By getting one more dance with you

Stick it while there's still some glue
Move that stone while there's a crew
Before I stumble someplace new
Let me have one dance with you

Let me have one dance with you
Let me have one dance with you

''[[Woody Guthrie]] carves a sign into his guitar that says,
'''"This machine kills fascists."'''
[[Ani DiFranco]] says,
'''"Every tool is a weapon if you hold it right."'''
I say, '''"Here's a monkey wrench; if you bop me on
the head long enough, maybe I'll wake up for a second."'''''

One dance with you
One dance with you
One dance with you
One dance with you

One dance with you
One dance with you
One dance with you
One dance with you

One dance with you
One dance with you
One dance with you
Dance with you, dance with you, dance with you

One dance with you
One dance with you

One dance with you
One dance

One dance with you
One dance with you
One dance with you
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I believe this one is about the kind of selfish obsession that budding stalkers (and drunks, et al) confuse with love - obnoxious repetition and delivery are brilliantly applied here. I especially love his idea that if our super-sufferer is whacked up the side of the head repeatedly he might wake up for a second... really funny.
Posted 15 years ago by ellenaut    [ Reply ]
This song made me stop reading an engrossing book in order to say to n4ku, WTF?
Posted 15 years ago by AliGator    [ Reply ]
Bloody awful.

Posted 15 years ago by aelfheld    [ Reply ]
Not sure I've seen a song here on RP that is as universally hated as this one apparently is.  Funny thing: I was ok until he stopped to chat about random musicians.
Posted 15 years ago by Zweiblumen    [ Reply ]
Apparently I'm one of the few RP listeners who like this song. I had no idea.
Posted 15 years ago by pallasathene82    [ Reply ]
This song sucks Fifty Eggs.
Posted 15 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]
Anyone know where I can get a good deal on ear bleach?
Posted 15 years ago by themotion    [ Reply ]
Ouch! Just awful. I love 90% of the songs here, and I can tolerate most of the rest. But this is just awful.
Posted 15 years ago by Dude    [ Reply ]
Only a 2 because I dig the actual music, and the chorus is kinda ok. Otherwise, it barely made "2" status.
Posted 15 years ago by Jamunca    [ Reply ]
Why am I hearing this again?
Posted 15 years ago by tictocsailor    [ Reply ]
Keep playing it! It has an emotional appeal that is only found in people who truly enjoy what they are doing (see Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, or the Followill Brothers of the Kings of Leon). Thanks for playing.
Posted 15 years ago by GChevy410    [ Reply ]
Bill, Rebecca, I really don't like this song. No offense. You play really good music, but this tune. So repetitive. Someone must like it to keep it in rotation. Can I get my gun and *make* him dance? ...and then shoot him? Maybe the worst song ever would be to have him cover Solsbury Hill?
Posted 15 years ago by reindeer    [ Reply ]
why do they keep playing this song?? i don't get it... don't they see it sucks big time?
Posted 15 years ago by whiskey    [ Reply ]
gorndog wrote:
RP just did the same thing, Nelly Furtado (DJ Earworm) was the previous song, then this. Does RP purposely repeat play sequences?
Yep, I guess one crappy turn deserves another... and another, and another.
Posted 15 years ago by Excelsior    [ Reply ]
Excelsior wrote:
Wow, a crappy Nelly Furtado remix followed by this?
RP just did the same thing, Nelly Furtado (DJ Earworm) was the previous song, then this. Does RP purposely repeat play sequences?
Posted 15 years ago by gorndog    [ Reply ]
tiggers wrote:
Check out Sarah McLachlan's cover of Solsbury Hill
i stand corrected.
Posted 16 years ago by rickhoran    [ Reply ]
rickhoran wrote:
could be the lowest rated "song" i've seen and it deserves it.
Check out Sarah McLachlan's cover of Solsbury Hill
Posted 16 years ago by tiggers    [ Reply ]
could be the lowest rated "song" i've seen and it deserves it.
Posted 16 years ago by rickhoran    [ Reply ]
Ugh.
Posted 16 years ago by zaknafein    [ Reply ]
Oh dance on your own !
Posted 16 years ago by EssexTex    [ Reply ]
Mommmmmmmy!!!! Make it stop!
Posted 16 years ago by smackiepipe    [ Reply ]
for the first time while listening to rp, i have to hit the mute button on this one.
Posted 16 years ago by palphd    [ Reply ]
Stop whining for the love of God!! This is awful!
Posted 16 years ago by tiggers    [ Reply ]
Wow, a crappy Nelly Furtado remix followed by this? Is it "bargain bin" music day on RP?
Posted 16 years ago by Excelsior    [ Reply ]
Grizzly_old_man wrote:
Hummmm, I kinda liked it. Never knew it was Ani DiFranco who said any tool is a weapon if you hold it right thought it was my own been using it for a signature line for some years now on another site.
Gee, I thought my sensei came up with that one...
Posted 16 years ago by robco1    [ Reply ]
I think this song is ok, but some of his other stuff is great. Very entertaining and funny.
Posted 16 years ago by GChevy410    [ Reply ]
bill... come on.
Posted 16 years ago by whtahtefcuk    [ Reply ]
Hummmm, I kinda liked it. Never knew it was Ani DiFranco who said any tool is a weapon if you hold it right thought it was my own been using it for a signature line for some years now on another site.
Posted 16 years ago by Grizzly_old_man    [ Reply ]
Not entirely sure, but, I think he's saying he wants to dance with her...
Posted 16 years ago by yardsale    [ Reply ]
Posted 16 years ago by moneygrip    [ Reply ]
this is supposed to be funny - right?
Posted 16 years ago by ellenaut    [ Reply ]
1
Posted 16 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
This guy is so annoying!!!
Posted 16 years ago by Kornmann    [ Reply ]
I believe we need some Joanna Newsom as a musical palate cleanser.
Posted 16 years ago by Inamorato    [ Reply ]
Exceptionally bad. Edited to add: Wow. It gets even worse.
Posted 16 years ago by daveturnley    [ Reply ]
Annoying!
Posted 16 years ago by SCprof    [ Reply ]
Don't know what all the fuss is about. I kinda like it.
Posted 16 years ago by Marr    [ Reply ]
Good lord, I don't post a 1 very often but that was just painful!
Posted 16 years ago by Jacksonstat    [ Reply ]
I loved it!
Posted 16 years ago by driver8    [ Reply ]
This really sucked.
Posted 16 years ago by AphidA    [ Reply ]
annanyc wrote:
... no one wants to dance with someone who whines. Stop begging and someone will more likely dance with you.
You said what I was thinking!
Posted 16 years ago by weevilkinevil    [ Reply ]
it almost made me want to hurt myself
Posted 16 years ago by nclarke    [ Reply ]
How many again?
Posted 16 years ago by fingerpin    [ Reply ]
I ran across the room to hit the mute
Posted 16 years ago by mrgus    [ Reply ]
Well, that sucked. And I've laughed at some of his stuff before.
Posted 16 years ago by DoctorHooey    [ Reply ]
I'd rather you go back to Nelly Furtado than this whiny song...thanks
Posted 16 years ago by rprb    [ Reply ]
:it hurts:
Posted 16 years ago by zipper    [ Reply ]
dixiedeb wrote:
This is terrible!
Exactly what I was going to say. Yuck.
Posted 16 years ago by keller1    [ Reply ]
This is terrible!
Posted 16 years ago by dixiedeb    [ Reply ]
This is just terrible. So bad it doesn't really deserve constructive criticism or a second listen... just make it stop.
Posted 16 years ago by ch83575    [ Reply ]
What!?! No more carrot stew? That's just unacceptable.
Posted 16 years ago by rcurrier    [ Reply ]
I just listened to his CD New American Language. I listen at this time every year for his song The Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Posted 16 years ago by Jack_Jefferson    [ Reply ]
seems like bob geldof.
Posted 16 years ago by mefrombrazil    [ Reply ]
Dropping Woody Guthrie and Ani DiFranco's names into this excruciating song is pathetic...
Posted 18 years ago by dadofsammy    [ Reply ]
Been waiting for some Dan Bern....have a few of his albums... I made an earlier post to a Dylan song comparing it to Bern just to see if anyone was paying attention.
Posted 18 years ago by Dietrich    [ Reply ]
annanyc wrote:
With all due respect Dan, no one wants to dance with someone who whines. Stop begging and someone will more likely dance with you.
Posted 18 years ago by yashpheh    [ Reply ]
With all due respect Dan, no one wants to dance with someone who whines. Stop begging and someone will more likely dance with you.
Posted 18 years ago by annanyc    [ Reply ]